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2. Roundup Ready - Wikipedia

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   As of 2005, 87% of U.S. soybean fields were planted with glyphosate resistant varieties. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] While the use of Roundup Ready crops has increased the usage of herbicides measured in pounds applied per acre, [ 9 ] it has also changed the herbicide use profile away from atrazine , metribuzin , and alachlor [ citation needed ] which are more ...

3. Combine harvester - Wikipedia

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   Occasionally rowcrop heads are seen that function like a grain platform but have points between rows like a corn head. These are used to reduce the amount of weed seed picked up when harvesting small grains. Self-propelled Gleaner combines could be fitted with special tracks instead of tires to assist in harvesting rice. These tracks can be ...

4. Monsanto - Wikipedia

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   As of 2012, the agricultural seed lineup included Roundup Ready alfalfa, canola and sugarbeet; Bt and/or Roundup Ready cotton; sorghum hybrids; soybeans with various oil profiles, most with the Roundup Ready trait; and a wide range of wheat products, many of which incorporate the nontransgenic "clearfield" imazamox-tolerant [131] trait from ...

5. Soybean management practices - Wikipedia

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   Soybean management practices in farming are the decisions a producer must make in order to raise a soybean crop. The type of tillage, plant population, row spacing, and planting date are four major management decisions that soybean farmers must consider. How individual producers choose to handle each management application depends on their own ...

6. Soybean - Wikipedia

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   Soybean seed contains 18–19% oil. [158] To extract soybean oil from seed, the soybeans are cracked, adjusted for moisture content, rolled into flakes, and solvent-extracted with commercial hexane. [159] The oil is then refined, blended for different applications, and sometimes hydrogenated.

7. Pioneer Hi Bred International - Wikipedia

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   1924 - Henry Wallace begins selling 'Copper Cross', an early commercial hybrid seed corn. 1926 - Hi-Bred Corn Company is founded in Des Moines, Iowa, with $7,000 in capital. [7] 1931 - Roswell Garst agrees to produce/distribute seed. The following year Garst partners with Charles Thomas to form the Garst and Thomas Seed Corn Company.